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My wife has the power of Lynx medicine, and I’m really glad she does. There’s no point in trying to hide anything from her, because – in effect – I’m just trying to hide it from myself, trying to keep something under insulation. It begs the question, “Who am I trying to snow, anyway?”

Lynx medicine is about knowing people’s secrets, but – Lynx being so silent – not necessarily revealing them. It’s most effective if the person with the secret reveals it themselves. People with Lynx medicine have an uncanny knack for getting people to do just that. Imagine Rabbit under the snow. It’s hidden, it’s ‘secret’, but it hears Lynx coming. It waits and waits, imagining that Lynx will find it. Pretty soon, it can’t take it anymore, and it bolts. The fear of keeping a secret can be far greater than the fear of revealing it.

Jenny came into the room. She’d been guided to ask me, “Where do you want to be?” and “Who do you want to be with?” She said that she wasn’t sure why she was asking those specific questions, but the word ‘uncertainty’ was connected in some way.

Now, in the last few years at least, I’d been really good at manifesting the big picture, Love, but the day-to-day stuff, not so much. Our conversation included why it was that whenever we were together, our ability to manifest financial abundance went down the tubes. Whenever we spend time physically apart, we manage to have more than enough, but put us together, and we end up exhausting our resources until we’re scrambling to make ends meet. Hmmm…

As we were talking, a vision of a past life that I’d investigated months before came to me. At that moment, Jenny was asking me why I was avoiding her gaze. As much as I tried to come up with any other reason (read: ‘untruth’), her keen instincts were patiently watching for Rabbit (~ fear). She sensed that there was somewhere that I was afraid of going (by the way, the upside of Rabbit medicine is that it’s incredibly ‘productive’). My belly was not comfortable. I was not comfortable. I thought about what I’d normally suggest to someone at this point when they were in a healing session with me: ‘lean into it‘. I started to tell Jenny the story of this particular past life.

My original question/reason for my journey was, in fact, “Why do I have so much trouble manifesting financial abundance?” I thought that I’d resolved everything in it, but – as I mentioned – it seems that I’d resolved it for only half the time, the half when I was not around Jenny. I’d accessed it in a drum journey/meditation. It went something like this:

I asked my guides to take me where I needed to go. Once I’d gotten ‘settled’, I looked down towards my legs. That usually gives me an idea of who I am. I saw that I was walking briskly down a reddish-brown, dirt road. I had my ‘business’ shoes and pants on. I asked myself a question about where I was going, and was presented with, “To kick a poor black family out of their home.” I had the distinct impression that this was not the only family I’d done this to. I was incredulous. I thought, “How could I do such a thing? What would drive me to do such an ugly, heinous thing?”

I was guided to look five years back. My wife had died. I’d loved her intensely. I saw cotton, a mansion, and harvested fields. I’d been the son of a wealthy plantation family. I was the heir; I’d wanted for nothing. My wife had died, but instead of allowing myself to feel the pain of it, I got mean. I exerted my rage on the people who were beholden to me, ‘beneath’ me. The harvest was done, and I was turfing them. I didn’t need them any more. Although it had been a good harvest this particular year, I’d made it so that they were indebted to me financially. I hid behind the fact that I had ‘legal recourse‘, in order to vent my rage.

Just then, I saw an image of an angelic ‘little brown boy’. Even though he and his family were getting kicked out of their home with nothing, his spirit was not diminished. He was an inspiration to everyone around him. Again, I say, ‘angelic‘. Something about the boy awakened me to what I was doing. He was unaffected by my rage; it wasn’t having any affect on him. He even had love for me! As ‘small’ as he was, I realized how truly weak I was in comparison. All my money, all my aggression meant nothing. I felt my pain all at once. I crashed, plummeted. I took my own life. I saw what I’d seen then as I was falling from a cliff towards rocks and frothy water: my wife’s arms, in spirit, reaching out to welcome me.

As I was recounting this to a good friend at the time, he said, “You know, I’ve never told anyone this because it seemed like such a silly thing to say, but since I was young – and especially now that I’m so big (tall) – I’ve always thought, But I’m a little brown boy. What am I doing in this huge, white body?” I was stunned. I just stared at him. As is his way, he immediately added, “ I forgive you!” (Is it any wonder why I Love that man as much as I do?)

It seemed pretty obvious, then, why it was that I would have kept myself from having money in this life. I didn’t trust myself not to abuse it. And I thought that – with my friend’s forgiveness and the other work I’d done on myself since – it’d been resolved. I know myself much better now. I’ve come here to love, and I’m well able to express that when I have money. But as I said, I’ve only been able to manifest it when Jenny and I have not been together (at one point, we’d lived separately for six months until I made/saved enough to join her).

Jenny asked me what I was feeling. I had to admit to myself that there was something to the fact that I couldn’t look at her as I spoke. I hesitated for the longest time, but finally said, “I’m mad at you, but I don’t understand why.“ Anger represents other emotions that have been pushed down (‘under the snow‘). Thankfully, Jenny knows just how far to push me. She replied to me with, “You’re mad at me because I left you.“ I tried to tell her that I thought that was ridiculous. Then she asked me to look into her beautiful green eyes, and she just sat watching me, silently, patiently… and then, Rabbit bolted. With tears streaming down my cheeks, I exclaimed, “When I have money, Love goes away! YOU go AWAY! I don’t want you to leave me again!”

I thought, “Where did that come from? I don’t even know what that means.” When I could manage it, we loosed our embrace and talked it over.

I’d been able to forgive myself for how I’d hurt the families and the boy I’d tried to vent on. I hadn’t forgiven (Jenny) for ‘leaving’ me, and I’d associated us being together and having money as leading to not only her eventual absence (and my misery), but the appearance of a side of myself I couldn‘t stomach, and eventually, my own death. It didn’t matter that I had an awareness that, in spirit, we plan the lessons/experiences we need for ourselves; I’d still held the emotional reality of my experience in the physical memory of my body.

I have my emotions to thank for getting me here. I have the shadow of Rabbit (awareness of my fears) to thank for getting me here. And I have my beautiful, green-eyed, Lynx-medicine twin flame to thank for getting me here.

Big Medicine Love to You

~ Black Feather

I am not your teacher. Your heart called me here to remind you that you are your teacher.

Lynx Medicine: Revealing Secrets was last modified: May 11th, 2011 by Black Feather

Sha-moose teaches about Eagle Medicine to encourage connection to the Spiritual reality of your present life-dream. ‘Fly your heart’ to realize your greater spiritual truths, and to open to the gifts in your shadow. “Answers will be provided for you; they’ll be placed for you on your path, even before you begin walking!”

Big Medicine Love to You! Mwwuh!!
~ Black Feather

‘Eagle Medicine’ with Sha-moose was last modified: November 11th, 2010 by Black Feather

My “Love Affair” with Jade, the Bouvier Extraordinaire, started 1 year ago. It was love at first sight. Although I have been doing Animal Empathy most of my life, Jade was my first “Official Customer”. I only started my career as a Professional Animal Empath a few months prior to meeting her. I was invited to meet Jade by her owner Mary Giuffre and happily agreed to do so.

On the day I was to meet Jade, my mind was bombarded with thoughts. I didn’t know their significance, but I knew they were somehow connected to my meeting with Jade, so I wrote them all on a piece of paper, just in case.

When I arrived I was greeted by the friendly faces of Mary Giuffre and Paul Clark, but the one who was most excited to see me was Jade. She rushed towards me so fast that I got scared she would miss a step and fall down the stairs. During our session the conversation was lively and full of energy. It turned out that all the “messages” I wrote on My List were actually questions Mary and Paul prepared to ask me. Jade openly shared information and than patiently sat while I was explaining it to her Humans. While a lot was discussed, one thing became very clear, she knew she was getting old and was preparing for her New Journey, but she was very concerned about what would happen to her People, especially Paul. She felt he would have most difficulty saying “Good Bye”.

Jade was so excited someone was finally understanding all she had to say, and connected with me so strongly, that while I was driving home from our session she continued talking to me in my mind. Our conversation lasted well into the night, until finally at 3am I had to ask Jade to please disconnect and allow me to go to sleep. She politely granted my request. A few months later Jade agreed to give me a Video Testimonial about our session. Although the one who actually spoke in a Video was Paul, Jade behaved amazingly well through the entire shoot and was on top of every cue.

I wanted very much to visit her again, but our busy human schedules constantly conflicted. The past few months I was getting an increasingly nagging feeling that I needed to see Jade one more time before she went. I contacted Mary and Paul and planned to set up another visit. Unfortunately this did not come to be. On the night of April 7, 2010, I received a message from Mary that Jade was slipping away. The veterinary appointment was scheduled for the next morning to help her cross over. Mary was hoping I could convince Jade to cross over on her own. I promised to do my best and to pass on any information that I may receive from Jade in her final moments. Once again Jade and I talked all night, but this time she communicated mainly in images and her energy was very calm and peaceful.

Jade did not cross over on her own. At 10am the following morning she was assisted in doing so by her veterinarian. Mary and Paul were lovingly by her side. The reason Jade refused to go on her own was because she was fiercely loyal to her human family. Even though she was ready to go, she needed to be sure that Mary and Paul were completely OK to let her go, and the only way she could be sure was to let them make this final decision, so that they may have peace and closure when they said their final goodbye.

Here are some of the things Jade shared with me as she was leaving this world:

I could see her running around once again like a puppy, playing in a beautiful field with a Big Old Tree and tall green grass. The field was covered in wild yellow flowers and was full of butterflies. The sky was clear, bright blue. The sunshine was pouring everywhere and the air was sparkling with glitter, as if little diamonds were scattered everywhere. The air was chiming with pure crystal sounds.

An image of Paul creating a sun catcher from crystals. He looked very peaceful and had a big smile on his face. She loved to see him happy creating his art and wanted him to continue doing so.

Her favorite spot in the back yard where she would like Mary to plant a Pink Magnolia tree and place a little bench underneath it. She will sit there with Mary whenever Mary needs her. She said even though falling pink flowers create a mess, the petals will remind Mary of her, because she loves pretty pink things.

She said she will return as a Scottish Terrier or a Schnauzer, because they are small enough to hold and cuddle, yet look just like her and have nice pointy ears and beautiful bangs and beards to frame their faces.

She wanted Mary and Paul to know that she understood how truly fortunate she was. Her life with them was happy and she truly enjoyed it. She said if they saw a disturbed patch in freshly fallen snow in their back yard they will know it is her rolling around in it.

Her final gift to Paul and Mary was to find inner strength to say goodbye to someone they loved so dearly.

Her final gift to me was to allow a glimpse of what awaits our furry loved ones on the other side, see its splendor and beauty, and feel complete fulfillment, freedom and euphoria.

VividLife.me Contributor

Milana comes from a family of highly intuitive Russian women. As a young widow, her grandmother Ana fed three small children by reading fortune cards for soldiers during WW2. Because life in the former Soviet Union was very restrictive, Milana’s mother Inna was denied an opportunity to nurture and accept her own gifts and was unable to encourage or support Milana’s inherent empathic gifts.

Milana has always had very strong connection to animals. When reading them she literally hears their thoughts in her mind and feels their joy or suffering. She is also able to connect with pets who are no longer with us.

She ensures that the information received provides a well-rounded holistic approach to the animal’s well-being. Milana provides you with insight into your pet’s opinion about their own physical fitness, as well as their mental and emotional contentment.

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And after over 20 years of marketing, promoting and producing others Shayne Traviss decided to open a new chapter in his life.
If you long to go higher, live a life 'all in' join him as he dives in deep sharing his life experiences, travels and inspirations for living a VividLife.